New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-24

Pages TO 20 Gnclusive) of tO-day's TRIBUNE
are given up to the official canvass of the votes
cast in this city on November s. The figures
are worth preserving, SO as to have them
handy for future reference and comparison.
An interesting statement by DIR. McGlynn is
printed elsewhere in this issue. DIR. McGiynn
is chairman of the State Executive Committee
of the United Labor party, and what he says
is evidently authoritative. lie declares it to
be the intention of the United Labor party to
take an active part in the coming Presidential
campaign. The "obvious candidate" for
President will DO Mr. George and the second
place on the ticket will probably be filled by
Judge Mcguire of San Francisco. The land
question is to form the chief feature of the
party first National platform, and no decided
position will be taken on the tariff.
Senator Pugh's defence of Mr.. Lamar was
ill-timcd. 1t was made on December 8 and
was designed to show that Mr.. Lamar had not
been guilty Of treason. reference to the
records shows that on December 10, 1860 the
first publication made of document signed
by thirty Southern Senators and Representa-
tives, declaring the need Of organizing a
"Southcrn Confederacy' and urging the
"speedy and absolute separation" of the slave
holding States from the Union. One of the
signers was Mr.. Pugh then Representative
from Alabama. If his memory had been keen
he would have selected another day for setting
forth the many virtues of l.. Q. c. Lamar.
Our special cable dispatch describes an out
rage upon respected priest of lIcrbcrstown,
Ireland, committed in the name Of law by the
emissarics of the Government that is bent upon
reducing the unhappy island to submission by
force The priests offence appears TO have
been substantially the same as that for which
Mr. OBrien is ianguishing in prison, and he was
Icntenced to a months imprisonment in the
Limerick jail The authorities have not yet
forced him to put on the garb Of a criminal.
To be consistent they will have to subject him
30 this degradation 1t is strange that anybody
can believe that acts like this tend to bring
about peace and a feeling Of contentmcnt III
Ireland.
Although scarcely anything has been done
by the House of Representatives thus far, one
reform Of decided importance has been insti-
tutcd Hereafter only 500 copies are TO be
copies of bills of private nature. This will
put stop to an abuse Of large dimensions.
Heretofore 800 copies Of all bills have been
printed, and most of them have gone to the
junkman. Many of these were private bills
which had been brought before Congress after
Congress and printed repeatedly. II is csti-
mated that the cost of printing these private
bills most of which are in the nature Of claims
against tho Government has been 100000
In the last twenty-five years. Congress does
not seem to be the proper body TO pass on these
claims, anyway. II they could be referred TO
some court. it would not only be matter of
great economy. but an act of real Justice TO
worthy creditors of the Government
General Manager Hahn undertakes TO explain
the failure of the elevated railway employees
to inform persons buying tickets on Sixth-avc.
last Tuesday that the line was blockadcd.
His explanation is. in legal phrase, general
denial. He says the block system is so perfect
that when an affair of this kind occurs it is
instantly known to every station agent, con-
ductor and brakeman. and that The sign. "Linc
Blocked" is at once put ont at tho stations.
Colonel Hahn may believe that this was done;